Q: Complete the following sentences with the right option.Usually, the first to spot data that was inconsistent with the findings, in this particular experiment she let a number of __________ results slip by in this particular experiment.
A: anomalous
Q: Complete the following sentences with the right option.In contrast to more __________ publications of ever narrower purview, the journal Antiquity has remained as __________ as it was when it began, continuing to serve the broader interests of the discipline of archaeology.
A: specialized . . eclectic
Q: Complete the following sentences by choosing the right words for the blanks given.A highly intelligent person often thinks (i)____; a few snippets of information can trigger a (ii)____ conclusion that might not stand up to closer and (iii)____ scrutiny.Blank (i) A. too deeply B. too warily C. too quickly Blank (ii)D. firmE. labored F. hasty Blank (iii) G. slower H. precipitousI. overt
A: CFG
Q: Fill in the blank with the correct option given in the option.Unlike the misleading television documentary, the biography was ______.
A: accurate
Q: Complete the following sentences with the right option.The British retailer, M&S, today formally _____ defeat in its attempt to _____ King's, its US subsidiary, since no potential purchasers were ready to cough up the necessary cash.
A: Conceded, offload
Q: Complete the following sentence with the right option.Considering the _____ era in which the story was written, its tone and theme are remarkably _____.
A: permissive…. puritanical
Q: Choose the word that best fits the blank preserving the meaning of the sentence as a whole.Compared mathematically to smoking and driving, almost everything else seems relatively risk-free, ............. nothing seems worth regulating.
A: so
Q: There are two gaps in the following sentence. From the pairs of words given, choose the one which fills the gap most appropriately. The first word in the pair should fill the first gap.Robert Williams' style of writing has an air of _______: just when you think the storyline is _______, he suddenly takes a different direction. Although this is often the mark of a beginner, Williams pulls it off masterfully.
A: capriciousness, predictable
Q: Complete the following sentences with the right optionIn keeping with his own (i)____ in international diplomacy, Churchill proposed a personal meeting of heads of government, but the effort was (ii)____ , as the temper of the times was (iii)____.Blank (i) A. peccadilloes B. aversions C. predilections Blank (ii) D. doomed to failure E. instantly accepted F. considered worthwhileBlank (iii)G. amicable H. auspiciousI. inimical
A: CDI
Q: Complete the following sentences with the right optionThe ___ nature of philosophy calls for a/an ___ explanation of its theories.
A: Esoteric ... comprehensive
Q: Complete the following sentences by selecting an appropriate word from the given choices.Art is only work utterly unspoilt, and ___________is only art gone utterly wrong.
A: drudgery
Q: Complete the following sentences with the right optionCompanies that try to improve employees' performance by _____ rewards encourage negative kinds of behavior instead of _____ a genuine interest in doing the work well.
A: Withholding, fostering
Q: Complete the following sentences by choosing the right option.Babcock’s criticism of the business practices of fellow merchants was colored by __________: the more successful the other entrepreneurs, the more bitterly they were __________
A: jealousy . . castigated
Q: Complete the following sentence by selecting the appropriate word from the given choices.She appeared to be about nineteen or twenty and was fair, tall, and with __________ looks.
A: demure
Q: Choose the word that best fits the meaning of each sentence.Bibliophiles wonder if technology will eventually turn books into __________ as out of place as the grammar school slate.
A: anachronisms
Q: Complete the following sentence by selecting an appropriate word from the given choices:A compact crowd,__________ but orderly, was held in place by policeman.
A: clamorous
Q: Complete the following sentences with the right optionSome artists immodestly idealize or exaggerate the significance of their work, yet others, __________ to exalt the role of the artist, reject a transcendent view of art.
A: failing
Q: Complete the following sentence by choosing the appropriate words that fit the blanks.Being a religious philosopher, Henry More derived his conception of an infinite universe from the Infinite God in whom he believed, a benevolent God of __________ whose nature was to create __________.
A: plenitude ... abundance
Q: Complete the following sentence with the right option.Calculus, though still indispensable to science and technology, is no longer__________; it has an equal partner called discrete mathematics.
A: preeminent
Q: Complete the following sentences with the right optionIn the Middle Ages, the ____ of the great cathedrals did not enter into the architects' plans; almost invariably a cathedral was positioned haphazardly in ____ surroundings.
A: situation - incongruous
Q: Complete the following sentences with the right option.He was treated like a ____ and cast out from his community.
A: pariah
Q: The following sentence needs a word or words to complete its meaning. Choose the words that best fit the meaning of each sentence.Rather than showering the reader with ________________ of description, the writer adopted a minimalist approach and decided to offer only his ______________ prose.
A: a torrent, sparest
Q: Fill in the blanks with the correct option given in the optionMost people consider torture ______ because it is an act of cruelty. However, some assert that it is ______ and can actually help save lives.
A: wrong ... necessary
Q: Choose the word or words that best fit(s) the meaning of each sentence.Brent is really quite a(n) ________ soul, but at times he retreats from _________ to consider who he is and where he’s going
A: convivial, society
Q: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence, there are sets of words. Choose the set of words for each pair of blanks that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.When Frazer's editors at Macmillan tried to _______ his endless augmentations, he insisted on a type size so small and a page so packed as to approach illegibility; and if that proved _______ thinner paper.
A: restrict, insufficient
Q: Complete the following sentence with the right option.Though his contemporaries tended to fixate on the politician’s supposed __________, his personal correspondence __________ a surprising largesse.
A: avarice . . betrays
Q: Complete the following sentence by choosing the appropriate words that fit in the blanks provided.Today Wegener's theory is ____; however, he died an outsider treated with ____ by the scientific establishment.
A: unchallenged – disdain
Q: Complete the following sentences by selecting appropriate word from the given choices.Contemporary economic development differ________ from the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century.
A: markedly
Q: Choose the word or words that best fit(s) the meaning of the each sentence.Modern scientists zealously study that ______ known as a living cell, even though they realize that its complexity may cause certain definitive relationships to ________ description for years to come.
A: conundrum, defy
Q: There are two gaps in each of the following sentences. From the parts of words given below, choose the one that fills the gaps most appropriately. The first word in the pair should fill the first gap.The …… levels of the sea in the coastal areas will greatly affect nursery areas for fisheries, causing coastal erosion and …….
A: rising, flooding